{"id":305775,"date":"2026-05-23T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305775\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:45:11","slug":"san-antonios-victor-wembanyama-unanimous-pick-for-nbas-all-defensive-team-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305775\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama unanimous pick for NBA’s All-Defensive team"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2013 Victor Wembanyama was the unanimous pick as Defensive Player of the Year this season, and the only unanimous All-Defensive team selection as well.<\/p>\n

The San Antonio star \u2014 as expected, given how the DPOY voting went \u2014 appeared on all 100 first-team ballots and made first-team All-Defense for the second time in his three NBA seasons. The team was announced Friday night.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City\u2019s Chet Holmgren, Detroit\u2019s Ausar Thompson, Minnesota\u2019s Rudy Gobert and Boston\u2019s Derrick White rounded out the first team. Gobert is now a nine-time All-Defensive team pick, while Holmgren, Thompson and White were all first-time selections to the first team.<\/p>\n

The second team was Toronto\u2019s Scottie Barnes, Oklahoma City\u2019s Cason Wallace, Miami\u2019s Bam Adebayo, New York\u2019s OG Anunoby and Atlanta\u2019s Dyson Daniels.<\/p>\n

Gobert and Daniels are the only players that have made the All-Defensive team in each of the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n

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